Distinction Without Difference: Diversity at NYU Abu Dhabi | Andrés Rodríguez-Cáceres

This essay looks at diversity in New York University Abu Dhabi. I measure diversity in terms of demographic data, patterns of cultural consumption, and normative orientations. The findings suggest a student body composed of global elites, economically privileged within their national contexts, and with little variance in normative stances but great variance in country of origin, religious affiliation, and cultural consumption.

This paper adds to the existing literature on education and diversity by suggesting specific forms of operationalizing diversity and by complicating the assumption that diversity in the range of nation-states represented equals diversity along other measures.

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